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LC60 category

Aplasia cutis congenita

Definition

Congenital absence of skin. The commonest form presents as a defect limited to the scalp. It is also a component of a number of genetic syndromes.

Also indexed as

Aplasia cutis congenitaAplasia cutis congenita due to adverse intrauterine eventsAplasia cutis congenita of limbsAplasia cutis congenita of scalpAplasia cutis congenita secondary to adverse intrauterine eventsRecessive aplasia cutis congenita of limbsSyndromic aplasia cutis congenita